Item Description: Raphael Tuck & Sons, London, 1902. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good +. No Jacket. Ex-Library stamps: Property of Children's Memorial (Patients) Library: Not to be Taken Away. Cards have been removed. A few loose pages, first edition. Binding tight and pages rather clean. More pictures available on request. Bookseller Inventory # 8513

Item Description: London: Raphael Tuck, 1902. Hardcover. Book Condition: Fair. London: Raphael Tuck, 1902. First edition. "Linen Edition". 24-pages of coloured illustrations (2-being double-page plates) incorporating text and 4-pages of b&w illustrations, including title. The plates almost entirely depict cats, only 5 include dogs and in 3 of these they are being tormented by cats! Folio (13 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches), original cloth-backed coloured pictorial boards, front & back, by Wain. Inner text block is detached from the boards and the front three colour illustrations have been ‘coloured’ in red pencil by a child. One linen leaf has been folded and leaves a white crease to the following page. Some pages are worn at the corners. Condition Report Externally See above and photos Internally See photos. Bookseller Inventory # ABE-18191779206

Item Description: The Childrens Press, UK. Pictorial Boards. Book Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Louis Wain and Harry Rountree (illustrator). A beautiful book of cat and dog illustrations by Louis Wain and Harry Rountree, 7 full page colour plates 6 definitely by Louis Wain, other not credited, plus many B/w drawings.Pages not numbered, thick book just over 4cms wide, corners and edges slightly rubbed, light marking on spine and little scratching on back board, still an attractive copy with colour drawing of cats playing with hobby horse, by Louis Wain, pasted on front board.Neat inscription of previous owner on inside front board dated 1934 browning to half title and back page. Nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Size: 26.5 X 19 Cms. Hardcover. Bookseller Inventory # 001018

Item Description: The Chldren's Press. Quarter Cloth with Paper Board. Book Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. 8 colour plates by Wain and many b&w pictures in text by him and others. An uncommon Wain item. Nd. but c.1920's (can't find it on copac or BL). Pictorial onlay on paper board. A little surface wear to cloth at base of spine and a few minor marks on the rear board. Internally hinges intact. Offsetting to half title and last page of text. The only other defect is 2 newspaper cuttings about wain are tipped onto fixed and free front end papers. Postage will be confirmed when you enquire or order and for light or very heavy books will vary from the ABE quote which is based on a 1kg parcel. Bookseller Inventory # 003580

Item Description: Charles H. Kelly c.1905, London, 1905. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Louis Wain and Others (illustrator). First Edition Thus. No Date given (but 1906 on bookplate) . Tan based Art Nouveau Floral decorated cloth boards with a blocked illustration of a Cat laughing at 2 dogs in muzzles (by P. W. Dickinson) , in duo tone on a third of the front cover. With black titling to the spine and gilt blocked titling to the front board. The rear cover is plain. The boards have a few light marks on the rear board, the head/tail of the spine are Slightly worn/bumped but without any chips, and the corners are rubbed at the tips only, the rest of the boards have a few small scratches but are overall clean and bright. The book is now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover and looks VG+ overall. No dustjacket, probably as issued. The page edges are very lightly 'dusty' brown with a few light foxing spots. The endpapers are plain with a Sunday School Bookplate dated 1906 pasted onto the front pastedown - this has offset on the opposing page. Internally the book is VG, though all the pages are uniformly a very light brown - but I think this was the original colour of the pages rather than from the aging process. NO Inscriptions or Marks. 188 pp. (one closed tear to page 25/6 and a tiny loss to the blank edge of page 143). The book is divided into 2 Distinct Sections with various stories/tales/poems of Cats, then of Dogs, occasionally with both. First is the 'Cat' book = 88 pp. Then 'My Dog Book' = 87 pp. There is a full colour Frontispiece and the rest of the book is illustrated in b/w, with many illustrations having named artists like Louis Wain, R. A. Hunt, J. A. Walker, Dimma, Finnemore, - even a few 'live' kitten photos feature! . Louis Wain only features in the 'Cat' Section with 7 Full page (ascribed) b/w plates. There may be other vignettes by him but they are not 'initialled'. Overall, apart from the very minor 'faults' as noted above, this is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright Near VG plus copy of a Scarce title. See Images. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Bookseller Inventory # 110386